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EEA Income Quality Score

The European Equity Fund, Inc. (EEA) has an Income Quality Score of 63/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

The European Equity Fund, Inc. (EEA) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of July 31, 2026Lookback: 10-year
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IQ Score
63/100
Question MarkHigh confidence
Asset Type
CEF
Exchange
NYSE
Trailing Yield (TTM)
Not published
No normalized trailing yield is published for closed-end funds in this snapshot.
Rank in CEF Universe
97 of 358
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
July 31, 2026
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This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.
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EEAThe European Equity Fund, Inc.
63Question MarkHigh confidence
Snapshot
2026-07
Data as of
2026-07-31
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
Closed-End Fund

IQ Score History

6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updatedMethodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-072026-072026-07-17 · 62.3 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-20 · 62.1 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-21 · 63.9 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-22 · 63.7 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-23 · 62.9 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-24 · 62.9 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-27 · 62.5 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-28 · 63.0 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-29 · 62.4 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-30 · 63.9 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-31 · 63.2 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v3-direct-dist6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-07

Reconstructed monthly scores are computed from current data and methodology. Published snapshots are the frozen monthly releases, marked on the line. Where the methodology changed, the line is broken rather than joined across the change.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage
74/100
Working Capital Preservation
67/100
Distribution Cut Score
10/100
Distribution Trend
100/100

What is working

  • Economic return covers long-term payout
  • Working capital preserved over time
  • Distributions growing year-over-year

What to watch

  • 3+ years with a material annual distribution decline

Flags & gates

  • Chronic Dist Cuts

Distribution Safety

12Years raised
4Years cut
32Years of data
RisingCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 19871.1Held
  2. 19880.057Lower total
  3. 19890.25Raised
  4. 19900.25Held
  5. 19910.25Held
  6. 19983.22Raised
  7. 19991.75Lower total
  8. 20002.49Raised
  9. 20010.08Lower total
  10. 20020.01Lower total
  11. 20040.064Raised
  12. 20050.06Held
  13. 20060.38Raised
  14. 20071.25Raised
  15. 20080.5265Lower total
  16. 20090.3336Lower total
  17. 20100.0553Lower total
  18. 20110.008Lower total
  19. 20120.422Raised
  20. 20140.1105Lower total
  21. 20150.169Raised
  22. 20160.0751Lower total
  23. 20170.0856Raised
  24. 20180.0734Cut
  25. 20190.5152Raised
  26. 20200.1932Cut
  27. 20211.496Raised
  28. 20220.8702Cut
  29. 20230.1719Cut
  30. 20240.1786Held
  31. 20250.7781Raised
  32. 20260.2199Partial year

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

The IQ Score is a research classification of historical income quality. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation and not a prediction of future returns.

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